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>I don't think it's a stretch that in a moment of panic and duress he would reach for a spell that was on the forefront of his mind and provided by a mentor he trusted. I do think it's a stretch. It's just not believable. Yes I've heard all these explanations. It just doesn't add up. JKR wanted the scene but didn't really earn it as far as I'm concerned >Harry had also been suffering quite a bit throughout book 5, It's not the same. > barely affects the psychotic woman who just murdered the closest thing he has to family to the point she immediately starts mocking him for not being able to use it. He doesn't really know Bellatrix, though. She's largely alien to him, until that moment nothing but a picture in Kreacher's stash, a woman he saw once in someone else's memory. Malfoid on the other hand, resentments toward Harry specifically. She has a personal connection with him and his emotions. Hurting Harry would mean something to her in a way that hurting Bellatrix has no meaning for Harry. >she has to enjoy the idea of him writhing in agony Eh, that's your headcanon. JKR is not always perfectly consistent with the rules on her spells and Bellatrix isn't exactly the most reliable narrator. I think genuine desire to cause pain doesn't necessarily mean a sadistic psychopath, even if righteous anger isn't sufficient. And again, Malfoid's been hanging with Death Eaters. >I mean, if you think that's wife material then go nuts. It's extraordinary circumstances, it's an epic story of love and redemption through a time of hardship and strife. It's an exaggerated, elevated depiction of the truth of human experience, which does indeed involved love ones causing pain to each other on purpose, followed by forgiveness and reconciliation. The common sense pairing was always Ginny Weasley, even with Rowling's inverted approach that everyone (male) hates. Writing Malfoid means you're explicitly rejecting that common sense outcome in favor of High Romance.⏱ 4h↩